Seamed fabric



(No Model.)

O. G. GOBLEIGH.

SEAMED PABRIG.

No. 319,453. PatentedJune 9, 1885. F141. 1%)

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CHARLES C. COBLEIGH, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SEAI'WED FABRIC.

SFEQIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,453, dated June 9, 1885.

Application filed September 30, 1984. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

'Be it known that I, CHARLES C. COBLEIGH, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Seamed Fabrics, of which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in Which- Figure 1 is an isometrical perspective view of this improved seamed fabric, showing the seam partially formed, the attached or inner edges of the cloth and stay being in their normal position; Fig. 2, a like view showing the seam partially formed, the attached or inner edges of the cloth and stay being pressed down or turned outwardly; Fig. 3, a diagram of this improved seamed fabric, showing the seam complete with the stay fully attached; Fig. 4, a like View showing a modification of the completed seam; Fig. 5, a vertical transverse section, showing the position of the cloth and stay in making the first row or series of stitches; and Fig. 6, a like View showing another modification of the completed seam.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

My invention relates to that class of seams which are employed in the manufacture of clothing and other purposes; and it consists in a novel construction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed, by which a more desirable and effective article of this character is produced than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improve ment will be readily understood by all con- Versant with such matters from the following explanation, its extreme simplicity rendering an'elaborate description unnecessary.

In the drawings, A B represent the two sections or pieces of cloth which are united by the seam, and G the stay.

The seam'is formed as follows: The sections or pieces of cloth A B are placed in the position shown in Fig. 5, with the stay 0 lying flat beneath them and united by a row or series of stitches, 00, passing through and through all of the parts, as near the edges of the same as may be required by the quality of the goods and nature of the work. When the parts are united by the stitches x, the edges m d of the cloth and edge f of the stay are pressed or folded down flat, as shown in Fig. 2, and the stay 0 carried across both edges m d of the cloth, and its edge Z inserted beneath the edge m, after which section A of the cloth, the stay 0, and edges Z on are united by a row or series of stitches, 1', passing through and through the same, and section 13, the stay 0, and edges f (Z likewise united by a row or series of stitches, t.

It will be observed that the edge f of the stay 0 projects sufficiently beneath the edge (I of the section B to permit the stitches t to pass through the same, thus giving additional strength to this part of the seam.

It will also be observed that in Fig. 3 both of the raw edges m d of the cloth are covered or inclosed by the stay, thereby producing a finished seam; but when this is not convenient or required the edge Z of the stay is turned inwardly under the body of the stay and folded or pressed down on the outside'of the edge at, as shown in Fig. 4, or left free, as shown in Fig. 6. It is preferable, however, to fold the edge Z inwardly under the edge m, as shown in Fig. 3, or beneath the stay G, as shown in Fig. 4, as greater strength is thereby given to this portion of the seam, and the raw edge Z of the stay concealed. I do not, however, confine myself to extending the edge f of the stay sufficiently to enable the stitches t to pass through it, as it may be left shorter, if desired.

I prefer, for all ordinary purposes,.to use linen tape for the stay; but cotton, silk, leather, or any other suitable material may be employed.

In the manufacture of some classes of goods it is necessary to use a backing of linen or similar material along the under side of the seam to hold the stitches and prevent the scam from ripping; but in my improved seam it will be seen that the stay also serves as a backing for all the stitches, being placed beneath. the cloth in taking the stitches w, by which the sections A B are first united, and afterward acting as a backing for the stitches tr.

the stitches o0 lateral stitches, and thestitches t 'r vertical. stitches, corresponding with the direction in which they respectively pass through the material when the secv tions are placed in a horizontal position.

Having thus explained my invention, what I elainir is 1. In a seamed fabric, the combination of the united sections, the edges of which are folded back upon the sections, a line of transverse stitching uniting the sections along the lines of the folds, a stay having a folded edge which extends between the fold of one of the sections, being united to said sections by said transverse line of stitching, said stay being folded outward over the edge of one of the folded sections and passed across the joint between said sections, and secured to said sections by lines of stitching which pass through said stay and through the folded edges of the sections on opposite sides of thejoint between them, substantially as described.

2. In a seamed fabric, the combination of the united sections, the edges of which are folded back upon the sections, a line of transverse stitching uniting the sections along the lines of the folds, a stay having a folded edge which extends between the fold of one of the sections,

- being united to said sections by said transverse line of stitching, said stay being folded outward over the edge of one of the folded sections, passed across the joint between said sec; tions, folded over the edge of the other section, extended into the fold of said section, and se cured to said sections by lines of stitching which pass through said stay and through the folded edges of the sections on opposite sides of the joint between them, substantially as described.

CHARLES C. COBLEIGH. Witnesses:

O. A. SHAW, L. J. WHITE. 

